Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web [Paperback]

Hakon Wium Lie (Author), Bert Bos (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1997

Cascading Style Sheets http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Style/CSS , developed by HSkon Wium Lie and Bert Bos of the World Wide Web Consortium, offers a powerful and manageable way for authors, artists and typographers to create the much-requested visual effects that will put aesthetics to the forefront of the Web. CSS enjoys wide industry backing, and is supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator with other implementations soon to follow. Written by the world authorities, this book will be the Web designers' definitive guide to Cascading Style Sheets. Features: *a brief HTML tutorial to bring newcomers to Web design up to speed *when to use CSS and when to use other methods *how to create and maintain a Web site with a consistent style that will display well on all screens *how traditional print-based typography is expressed in CS *a complete description together with examples of all CSS functionality *a rich set of figures and rendering examples, including sixty four pages of full color *challenges when moving from static paper to a dynamic screen, and how CSS supports authors in this transition Web Site Visit http://www.awl.com/css/ to receive your latest updates, the source code for the CSS examples included in this book and pointers to free browsers that support CSS.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you want to learn how to take greater control of your Web pages with cascading style, you can't go to a more authoritative source than Hakon Wium Lie and Bert Bos, the creators of this versatile tool. They show you step-by-step how to use cascading style sheets to create type displays in ways that were previously available only for traditional print--altering the color, boldness, font, and placement however you choose. The authors use simple examples for demonstrations and also include samples of gorgeous (and amusing) Web typography to show what's possible and to serve as a springboard for your own ideas. The authors present much that will be inspiring even to seasoned Web designers.

From Library Journal

Cascading style sheets (CSS) were developed by Lie and Bos for the World Wide Web Consortium to provide authors with the tools to manage the aesthetics of web site design. For now, they are not in wide distribution and only the most recent browsers can make use of them. But those who spend a weekend with this book will recognize their importance and become converts. Those who have to deal with a great deal of information for many sources and make sure it all looks good and consistent will see that CSS is an elegant answer. And this book is the best introduction to the next innovation on the web.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley (C) (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020141998X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201419986
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,285,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great book to get started, but leaves one longing for more, June 11, 1999

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This review is from: Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web (Paperback)

I powered through this book in one evening, which says three things about it: it's enlightening, easy to comprehend, and short. The chapters are organized logically, and the content of each is succinct and well supported with examples. I did notice some typos such as "margin-below" instead of the correct "margin-bottom," which will serve to confuse the novice, but overall, I felt it was an excellent purchase-one I reference often. One of the most helpful sections appears in the back, taking sites designed using traditional HTML means and converting them to more efficient style-sheet-enhanced sites. However, as I attempted to put some of these suggestions to use, I found that they didn't work as the authors purported. But I found the thought process behind the conversions enlightening.

Overall, I think this book offers the beginner a great introduction and the expert a excellent reference.

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4.0 out of 5 stars (Almost) exactly what I needed., December 2, 1998

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Dale W Visser - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web (Paperback)

Without a doubt, all the information I wanted is here. Some additional features I would have liked--a pull-out reference card more comprehensive than the backpanel treatment, and an easy-to-find discussion of the current state of compatibility in the popular browsers. That said, it's given me a good start on my CSS-based pages.

4.0 out of 5 stars A definite compendium of all CSS elements, but...., April 9, 1999

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Michael Boyle ([e-mail]) (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews

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This will teach any webmaster how creating one CSS master sheet will make your whole site distinctive, but anybody who is on the learning track of HTML will be totally confused.